PMR 07 that I just bought - solenoid will not activate

Long story short, I'm getting back into paintball after a 10 year hiatus. I bought a PMR 07 with a known issue: the eye ribbon needs replacement. I'm ok with stuff like that and eyes are only $20 or so. So I went for it.

Got the PMR home and decided to try it out before replacing the eyes. Worked fine cycling when the eye was turned off. Excellent.. until...

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I took it all apart and put it back together to clean it. Now the solenoid will not activate when it's in no eye mode. I was afraid that I had killed my solenoid somehow, so I hooked up a battery directly to the solenoid wires. It activated. So that's not it.

I went through the trouble shooting guide, and I'm pretty sure the micro switch is activating when I press the trigger. The cables have no visible sign of damage, but you never know.

double check the board settings also, some have the tendancy to go to weird settings when disconnected and make sure the dwell is at stock settings, if it got 0'd out the noid wont click.

To confirm, it cycles when the eyes are off but not when they are on? On my 07 i had to make sure the eyes covers were not puting too much pressure on the back of the eyes where the ribbon connects. When I tightened my covers too much it made the eyes malfunction.

Ok. So I checked the dwell settings. It was at 25. I increased to 30 and then 40, both with no luck. However, changing the dwell setting proves that the trigger micro switch is working.

So:
- eyes not working (known when I bought the gun)
- trigger micro switch is working
- solenoid is working when hooked up directly to battery
- still, solenoid will not activate when the PMR is in "no eyes" mode

What's left to check? Bad board? It seems to work in every way except to activate the eyes.

Maybe I'll wait until the new set of eyes comes in and see if that helps, I don't know. Other ideas?

So I got the new eyes in and replaced them. Stuck a ball in the barrel and pressed the trigger a few times. Solenoid activated, but no shot. Then a few more times and blam.. it shot. Turned off the eyes and fired a few more. Bolt definitely felt sticky.

So I think it was some combo of the malfunctioning eyes and bolt stick. I don't know.

All I know is that I am happy to have a working PMR. I have some Dow33 coming this week, too. The Gold Cup lube does not cut it for this gun, apparently.

So I got the new eyes in and replaced them. Stuck a ball in the barrel and pressed the trigger a few times. Solenoid activated, but no shot. Then a few more times and blam.. it shot. Turned off the eyes and fired a few more. Bolt definitely felt sticky.

So I think it was some combo of the malfunctioning eyes and bolt stick. I don't know.

All I know is that I am happy to have a working PMR. I have some Dow33 coming this week, too. The Gold Cup lube does not cut it for this gun, apparently.